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The Lucky Sperm Club
Goodbye frozen fish sticks and canned corn, hello lifestyles of the rich, famous, and lucky! One phone call from ATM Dad, and single mom Amanda and her four-year-old daughter Clover’s lives will never be the same. In her debut adult novel, bestselling author Rebecca Eckler introduces readers to the exclusive Lucky Sperm Club?kids born to outrageously wealthy parents. Along with Clover’s multi-million-dollar inheritance comes admission to Summit Prep, the most prestigious private school in the city. Here, Amanda and Clover are welcomed into a world where credit-card-carrying kids are decked out in the latest high-end designer duds, yummy mummies have affairs with their yoga instructors, and the PhDs (Papa has Dough) are better?bank machines than fathers. Will the allure of this fabulous new world lead Amanda to abandon her mundane old life? Find out by joining Rebecca Eckler on a fun, gossipy tour of the Lucky Sperm Club!
278 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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August 27, 2016
The first part of the book needs determination to keep going. The main character is annoying even when 'poor' and still naive as she has no clue what being a good friend is and takes throughout the book without giving back to anyone. Very bratty character
January 26, 2011
Review to come...:/
September 14, 2011
mindless read to fill the time. no substance whatsoever.
June 6, 2012
I've been more entertained reading the back if a cereal box. Soooooooooo boooooorrrriiinnnggg.
September 21, 2012
I picked up this book at the library after hearing an interview with the author on the CBC radio show, The Next Chapter. It sounded intriguing. Later I heard more about her online yelling at the publisher for not paying her after going backrupt (because, after all, she should be paid before employees or other people owed money). And then there was her lawsuit against the movie Knocked up, saying that it was based on her own memoir of the same name.
As result, I wasn't exactly going into the book without a feeling, mildly negative, about the author. Keep this in mind.
Amanda is a single mother of a young girl, Clover, whose father left her as soon as he found out she was pregnant. He comes from a very rich family, so he pays enough in child support that Amanda never has to hold a job in the entire book. When Clover is four, her father's family comes into her life, and she ends up going to an expensive private school, and inheriting fifty million when her grandmother dies. Clover becomes a snob, while Amanada, who got a modest bequest, goes nuts for designer clothes, and messes up her life.
I found it very hard to sympathize with Amanda. First of all, thanks to getting pregnant by a rich man in her early twenties, she never has a job through the book. She just lives off her child support. Right there, I had problems. Even her screw-ups come across a petty (sleeping with the wrong people, getting spoiled by money). Okay, she turns her life around, but I really wanted her to *do* something with her life.
Clover, on the other hand, came across as a real kid, who lets her (rich) friends turn her into a snob, demanding the best of everything, no matter how much it costs, and playing her father and mother against each other. I didn't like her, but I did believe her.
All in all, it was a fluffy read that left a slightly bad taste in my mouth, and no desire to read any of the author's other books.
As result, I wasn't exactly going into the book without a feeling, mildly negative, about the author. Keep this in mind.
Amanda is a single mother of a young girl, Clover, whose father left her as soon as he found out she was pregnant. He comes from a very rich family, so he pays enough in child support that Amanda never has to hold a job in the entire book. When Clover is four, her father's family comes into her life, and she ends up going to an expensive private school, and inheriting fifty million when her grandmother dies. Clover becomes a snob, while Amanada, who got a modest bequest, goes nuts for designer clothes, and messes up her life.
I found it very hard to sympathize with Amanda. First of all, thanks to getting pregnant by a rich man in her early twenties, she never has a job through the book. She just lives off her child support. Right there, I had problems. Even her screw-ups come across a petty (sleeping with the wrong people, getting spoiled by money). Okay, she turns her life around, but I really wanted her to *do* something with her life.
Clover, on the other hand, came across as a real kid, who lets her (rich) friends turn her into a snob, demanding the best of everything, no matter how much it costs, and playing her father and mother against each other. I didn't like her, but I did believe her.
All in all, it was a fluffy read that left a slightly bad taste in my mouth, and no desire to read any of the author's other books.
February 10, 2012
Didn't finish
January 9, 2023
I picked this book with few expectations and solely because the title made me laugh. I was pleasantly surprised with Amanda's character growth and the intricate relationships that were well written. I rated it 3.5 as it was a bit predictable and full of cliches about the super wealthy versus us normal folk.
May 3, 2021
The first time I delve into this genre. It was fun and lighthearted. You’ll find yourself rooting and hating the main character, which makes the story worth reading. A fast read that you won’t put down
January 17, 2014
A great novel of how money doesn't always equal happiness - it means power. It's up to the person to choose to be easily corrupted by that power or to utilize it.
The Lucky Sperm Club are the people who are born into money, multimillionaires born and bred. It's easy to get sucked into the glamour of that kind of life as Amanda learns in this novel, but soon she is shown the error of her ways and learns that money does not replace the good, genuine friendships and love to be had with friends and lovers. The lives of the "Richie Riches" is easily addictive, a whole world apart from the rest, yet their rules and scandals (in my opinion) aren't worth the fortune.
The Lucky Sperm Club are the people who are born into money, multimillionaires born and bred. It's easy to get sucked into the glamour of that kind of life as Amanda learns in this novel, but soon she is shown the error of her ways and learns that money does not replace the good, genuine friendships and love to be had with friends and lovers. The lives of the "Richie Riches" is easily addictive, a whole world apart from the rest, yet their rules and scandals (in my opinion) aren't worth the fortune.
September 8, 2011
I love Rebecca's silly books - and not just cause she is a fellow Canuck. Another quick amusing read.
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